Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Engine Room Artificer First Class, A. C. Ball, Royal Navy, who was awarded a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum for his attempt to save a life in Wallingford, Oxfordshire in December 1917

British War and Victory Medals (M. 8003 A.C. Ball. E.R.A.5 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.8003 A. C. Ball. E.R.A. 1. H.M.S. Medway) edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (3) £70-£90

Archibald Charles Ball was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1898 and enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy Artificer in August 1916. On 9 December 1917 Ball was awarded a Royal Humane Society ‘Testimonial on Vellum’ for attempting to save a life at Wallingford, Oxfordshire. He later saw active service aboard the battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1933 whilst serving with H.M.S. Medway, having attained the rate of Engine Room Artificer First Class. He re-entered the Royal Navy on 3 September 1939 and saw service during the Second World War with H.M.S. Jackdaw (Royal Naval Air Station Crail).